56 AN ESSAY ON THE OÜPAS, OR 



puncturing these ve'jsels it bounded oüt with 

 the elasticitj and spring of life. The vessels 

 öf the iivefj of the stomach and intestines^ and 

 of the viscera of the abdoraea in generale ^vere 

 also inore than naturaliy distended, but not in 

 the same degree as those of the breast. In the 

 cavitj of the abdornen a small quantity of se- 

 rum \\as sometimes efiused» 



The stomach was alwaj^s distended with air 

 and in those instances in which the action of 

 the poison was gradual, and in which vomit- 

 ing super v^ened in the course of the sjmptoms^ 

 its internal coat was covered Avith froth. 



The brain indlcated less of the action of the 

 pohoa than the viscera of the thorax and ab- 

 dornen. lil sonie instances i§ was perfectly na- 

 tura^ in others marks of a small degree of in- 

 flanmiation were discovered. 



An undulatory motion of the skin and of the 

 divided musck^s, was verj evident in some of 

 the dissected animals. 



The appearances observed ia the animals 

 destrojed bj the Tshettik were verj different. 

 In a nnrnber of dissections the viscera of the 

 Thorax and abdoaien were found nearly in a 

 Batural state^ aud the large vessels of the 



